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Government Against The People

Nigeria is in grave danger more than ever. There is no running away from the dire fact that things are not working properly in the...

Oyebanji: The countdown starts!

At exactly 1:34 pm on Friday, October 16, 2026, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) took the Oath of Allegiance as Governor of Ekiti State for...

The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Expectations Fatigue Among Nigerians

After decades of missed opportunities, dashed hopes and unmet expectations, it is quite understandable that Nigerians in great numbers are now furiously angry and disappointed at what could have been...

The Village As Crime Theatre

“Only those who can afford to pay for the services of mobile policemen who will guard them for the period of time they would stay at home venture to travel to the village these days...”

Which Way Are We Going?

Today, we have Yar’adua and it doesn’t seem like there is any form of government in place. Or am I blind and deaf? He got sworn in and he went into hibernation...

Niger Delta Crisis: Some Encouraging Words From Yar’Adua

Recent statements by President Yar’Adua sound promising and hopeful. But even if he means what he says, these are just the first steps in a thousand miles journey...

PDP Declares Nigerians Wanted

Without allowing people to exercise their franchise during an election, then the definition of this type of government called Democracy has no meaning...

Omehia The Soul Of Ndi-Igbo

While a lot of people who gained financially from the leadership style of former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, are praising it as the best, many a people in the state he led for a good period of eight-years are crying foul and blue murder...

Yar’Adua is on a Short Leash

The “coronation” of our “selected” president has come and gone. Political gamesmanship has since begun. Like every political transition, this one will come with its own bit of drama. I very well expect to see the first couple of impeachment notices to start flying very soon...

The Nigerian Press is Becoming Lazy, Corrupt, and Moribund

Today, the Nigerian Media is a shell of its once plump self: it has lost its way. And more so since 1999, the Nigerian Media has become lazy and moribund. And corruptible!

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Agents Of Satan Now In Abia

Abia State has become the devil’s den with daylight robberies, killings and kidnappings. The state has become a free for all place for killers and armed robbers...

Alhaji Abdulaziz Ude (1940-2021): A Tribute

Fate was at work to ensure that my last...

Honor In Nigeria: Between Obasanjo And Achebe

When a government chooses which section of the law to respect; routinely violates the Constitution and court rulings, is that government not slapping the people in the face?

The Joy of Fatherhood

Labour pain is just another physical dimension in man’s journey through life. It is every woman’s nightmare. The screams, curses, prayers and mumblings from women in that physical state are enough to make a man go crazy...

From Canada To US To See Dennis Brutus

A lot of characters make so much noise about...

The Pain and the Agony of Love

Other than the pain of bereavement, I wonder if there is a greater pain than the pain of being dumped by a lover. When someone dies, you pray the Lord to take the soul; but when you are dumped, you feel as though your soul is being forcefully taken...

Hunger Has No Political Party

Any man in power in Nigeria can boast of...

Of Brain Surgery and the Love of Money: Professor Temidayo Shokunbi and the rest of us

Professor Temidayo Shokunbi was believably flown into the glittering...

Boko Haram Justifies Biafra and Vindicates Odumegwu Ojukwu

Boko Haram claims it is avenging the “extra-judicial” killing of its leader, Muhammed Yusuf, who died at the hands of the Nigerian Police in 2009, during the presidency of the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua – a Northern Muslim. BH waited for Jonathan, a Christian, to become president before taking terror to a new level...

Ahmadu Alli: A Man Of National Honor Or Horror?

It is a height of crassitude for organizers of the National award in Nigeria to vacuously consider bestowing a National Honor on this horrific man known as Ahmadu Alli whilst men and women who actively and sedulously worked towards the emancipation and liberation of our Country are superciliously discounted...